· 2/12/2016
State of Tennessee v. Terry Eugene Fisher, Jr.
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- holding that district court should have promptly dismissed case for lack of personal jurisdiction rather than dismissing under Anti-SLAPP statute
- holding that accessibility of allegedly defamatory statements within District is inadequate to establish that defendant engages in persistent course of conduct within that District
- holding that the district court must consider a challenge to personal jurisdiction before considering the merits of a claim
- holding that district court should have promptly dismissed case for lack of personal jurisdiction rather than dismissing under Anti-SLAPP statute
- holding that subsection (a)(1) did not supply personal jurisdiction over defendant who “had not even visited the District of Columbia for any purpose” (internal quotation marks omitted)
- explaining that “Subsection (a)(4)’s reach is far more cabined” than the federal Due Process Clause
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Judges: Judge Robert L. Holloway, Jr.
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